This plugin is used to create predefined Symlinks into the system.

To use the plugin in the component configuration, you must use the following target-component:
{code:xml}<target-component>org.exoplatform.services.deployment.WCMContentInitializerService</target-component>{code}

The configuration is applied mainly in _packaging/ecmdemo/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/sample-portal/wcm/deployment/acme-deployment-configuration.xml_.

*Sample configuration*:
{code:xml}<external-component-plugins>
    <target-component>org.exoplatform.services.deployment.WCMContentInitializerService</target-component>
    <component-plugin>
        <name>Content Initializer Service</name>
        <set-method>addPlugin</set-method>
        <type>org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentPlugin</type>
        <description>Link Deployment Plugin</description>
        <init-params>
            <object-param>
                <name>link01</name>
                <description>Deployment Descriptor</description>
                <object type="org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor">
                    <field name="sourcePath">
                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/web contents/News/News1</string>
                    </field>
                    <field name="targetPath">
                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/categories/acme</string>
                    </field>
                </object>
            </object-param>
            <object-param>
                <name>link02</name>
                <description>Deployment Descriptor</description>
                <object type="org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor">
                    <field name="sourcePath">
                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/web contents/News/News2</string>
                    </field>
                    <field name="targetPath">
                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/categories/acme</string>
                    </field>
                </object>
            </object-param>
            <object-param>
                <name>link03</name>
                <description>Deployment Descriptor</description>
                <object type="org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor">
                    <field name="sourcePath">
                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/web contents/News/News3</string>
                    </field>
                    <field name="targetPath">
                        <string>repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/categories/acme</string>
                    </field>
                </object>
            </object-param>
        </init-params>
    </component-plugin>
</external-component-plugins>{code}

In which:

* *Name*: _Content Initializer Service_
* *Set-method*: _addPlugin_
* *Type*: _org.exoplatform.services.wcm.webcontent.InitialWebContentPlugin_

* *Object type*: _org.exoplatform.services.deployment.plugins.LinkDeploymentDescriptor_
||*Field*||*Type*||*Value*||*Description*||
|*sourcePath*|{{string}}|{{repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/web contents/News/News1}}| The path to the source where this plugin will get data.|
|*targetPath*|{{string}}|{{repository:collaboration:/sites content/live/acme/categories/acme}}| The path to the target where this plugin will deploy.|
